Felly-retainer.



' No. 744,825. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

c. WAGNER & c. J. BARNES.

FBLLY RETAINER. APPLICATION FILED mm. a, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

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M- W My UNITED Patented November 24, 1909.

CHRISTIAN WAGNER AND OHAUNGEY JOHN BARNES, .OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN; SAID BARNES ASSIGNOR TO SAID WAGNER.

FELLY RETAlNER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 744,825, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed December 3, 1902. Serial No. 133.721. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN WAGNER and CHAUNCEY JOHN BARNES, both citizens of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Mechanical Construction, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in felly-retainers which do away with the old retaining-boards nailed on the ends of the fellies for holding the follies while being dried; and the object of our improvement is to pro- Vide a mechanical construction for the purpose of firmly holding the fellies in their bent position while being dried in the drier which is quickly applied and removed from the fellies when required to be used.

We attain the object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical side view of the entire mechanical construction. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the two views.

A A represent the rectangular frame to which the uprights F F are fastened, carrying the segmental gear-wheels H H, having the arms attached to said wheels for moving the sections B B backward and .forward. These wheels H H revolve on apin passingthrough the uprights on the top end, as shown in Fig. 1. B B are sections in shape similar to a letter T, having teeth integral and operating in conjunction with the segment-wheels H H, which move them' backward and forward. By the segment-wheels H H and the sections B B the fellies I I are held firm in their place.

To one of the sections B B at one end, as shown in Fig. 2 at the left hand, a steel spring E is fastened by a bolt to'the section B. This spring E is also fastened to the crossbar 0, as shown in the same view. In the right-hand View of Fig. 2 spiral springs L L are shown which operate for the same purpose. We desire not to confine ourselves to any particular kind of a spring.

The sections B B and cross-bars G0 are coupled together by a bolt surrounded by the spiral spring L and move backward and forward in the slots M M, made in the rectangular frame A A, plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The fellies I I are shown in their clamped position. There will usually be eight halffellies four fronts and four hind fe1lies clamped in the retainer at the same time.

On the outer ends of the rectangular frame A A on the inside are shown ribs, V shape. The same kind of ribs are shown on the crossbars 0 O, which come in contact with the follies.

The object of the springs E and L is to cause a yielding action. As the fellies dry out they will still be tight in the retainer.

The operation of our invention is as follows: After the fellies are bent and removed from the machine which bent them the retainer is then slipped over the ends of the half-follies and made tight in the retainer by the arms secured to the segment-wheels H H.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In afelly-retainer the rectangular frame, A, A, uprights, F, F, secured thereon, segment gear-wheels, H, H, mounted in such uprights, and sections, B, B, having gear-teeth engaged by such wheels, H, H, whereby the sections are moved against the frame by such Wheels to engage the fellies to be held, substantially as described.

2. A folly-retainer consisting of the rectangular frame A, A, having slots M, M, sec tions, B, B, and cross-bars O, C, spring-connected and mounted in such slots, segment gear-wheels H, H, having the levers attached to said wheels mounted on the frame and engaging such sections for moving them back and forth in such slots, whereby the follies are clamped between such sections and frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN WAGNER. OHAUNOEY JOHN BARNES. Witnesses:

F. E. SAUER, H. F. SIEGFRIED. 

